A slightly more thoughtful story than a couple of the predecessors in the volume, as befitting a social work academic.
DAW Books anthology themed around the Fermi Paradox. There are some good stories in here – Irvine, Lake, Langford and Vukcevich are my picks – but no real standouts.
Amusing tale in which Morrow closes out the Fermi Paradox volume by addressing the issue of paradox head-on.
Grandma holds the keys, or the rare minerals, which point to the reason for the (re)appearance of the aliens.
Libling, Schulz and Irvine the pick of the issue for me.
A scientific researcher at Oxford University realises that the aliens are already amongst, but we haven’t been able to see it..
A story about which I’m quite ambivalent. It’s told by a German scientist in the Second World War who has been transferred to a concentration camp to assist in research on creating ‘tote Manner’ – zombies. A virus has been found that causes death, followed by reanimation with a desire to kill. Surely such a [...]
A blind young, bereft by the death of the elderly gypsy woman to bought him and raised him as her own, finds solace in the arms of a wind spirit.
A very sophisticated organic AI controlled train set is a perfect Xmas present for a young boy….
The Blessed Lady of Dark Forever tires of her job ferrying the dead…
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